1. Jevan Bryce Snead was an American professional football quarterback.
19 Facts About Jevan Snead
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Jevan Snead played college football at Ole Miss after Colt McCoy won the starting quarterback position over him for the Texas Longhorns football team.
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Jevan Snead was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent but was cut from the team and was later a pre-season member of the Tampa Bay Storm.
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Jevan Snead was listed as a second-team All-American by EA Sports and he earned an invitation to the Elite 11 Quarterback Camp.
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Jevan Snead was selected for the 2006 US Army All-American Bowl and finished the game with the second-most passing yards in the history of that game, as he threw for 147 yards and two touchdowns.
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Jevan Snead originally committed to Florida but decided to go to Texas to be closer to home.
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Jevan Snead was inducted into the Stephenville High School Hall of Fame on September 26,2014.
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Jevan Snead was sacked five times during the game, rushing 12 times for minus 2 yards, which combined with two fumbles by running backs led to the Longhorns trailing by as much as 21 points in the second half.
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Still, Jevan Snead brought them within 3 points of tying the game.
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In January 2007, Jevan Snead enrolled at the University of Mississippi to play for the Ole Miss Rebels under then-head coach Ed Orgeron.
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Head coach Houston Nutt stated to the press that he was "thankful that [Jevan Snead] is here on campus".
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Nutt looked to Jevan Snead to become the starter for the 2008 team.
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Just days after the Rebels defeated the Memphis Tigers in their first game of 2009, Jevan Snead was one of 22 football players who had contracted swine flu.
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Jevan Snead finished 13-of-23 for 168 yards with three interceptions.
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Jevan Snead ended his 2009 season by passing for 2,632 yards, with 20 touchdowns and 20 interceptions.
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Jevan Snead was released on July 31,2010, to make room on the 80-man training camp roster for newly signed first round draft pick Gerald McCoy.
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Jevan Snead was to back-up Josh Johnson and Rudy Carpenter before the Buccaneers again cut Jevan Snead on September 4,2010.
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On January 4,2011, Jevan Snead signed a contract to play for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League.
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Jevan Snead died by suicide on September 21,2019, in Austin, Texas, at the age of 32.